Design History and Advantages of a New Lever-Propelled Wheelchair Prototype

Wheelchair propulsion has been reported to be responsible for musculoskeletal pain in the upper extremities. Epidemiological studies have shown a high prevalence of shoulder complaints in paraplegic and quadriplegic spinal cord injured (SCI) people. It has been argued that the high incidence of shou...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Rifai Sarraj, Raphael Massarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-09-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
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Online Access:http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/design_history_and_advantages_of_a_new_lever_propelled_wheelchair_prototype